Sour crop causes a slow crop?

[Ccort]

My hen had a partial impaction for a week, followed by crop surgery. Now she has sour crop and is on Nystatin, plus one more day of antibiotics and is on reglan. Her crop is painfully slow and not empty in the morning. She is on all wet food currently.

It seems like last night she vomited. She appears bright, is moving around and hungry, although am feeding the small, liquid or soupy meals. All else, including egg production, is normal. (Except stool is runny which I suspect is due to all soft foods and meds)

The vet is concerned that an impaction may be further down but says that if that's the case, usually no stool would be going through her at all. (She has runny stool). Vet also says that sour crop can cause very slow crops. She's been on six doses now of Nystatin.

Have you seen sour crop lead to a very slow crop? Or does that sound more like an impaction further down? If an impaction further down, what would be a prognosis/treatment? Should she be improving by now?

This all has been going on for nearly a month now and getting more concerned.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My hen had a partial impaction for a week, followed by crop surgery. Now she has sour crop and is on Nystatin, plus one more day of antibiotics and is on reglan. Her crop is painfully slow and not empty in the morning. She is on all wet food currently.

It seems like last night she vomited. She appears bright, is moving around and hungry, although am feeding the small, liquid or soupy meals. All else, including egg production, is normal. (Except stool is runny which I suspect is due to all soft foods and meds)

The vet is concerned that an impaction may be further down but says that if that's the case, usually no stool would be going through her at all. (She has runny stool). Vet also says that sour crop can cause very slow crops. She's been on six doses now of Nystatin.

Have you seen sour crop lead to a very slow crop? Or does that sound more like an impaction further down? If an impaction further down, what would be a prognosis/treatment? Should she be improving by now?

This all has been going on for nearly a month now and getting more concerned.

Very often a very slow crop is what causes a crop to turn sour.

The crop is just the first step of the digestive system. It's like a holding tank for food/water to be stored and processed. There could be a partial blockage anywhere in the digestive system.

Being on 6 courses of Nystatin is quite a lot. Have you tried an Epsom Salt or Molasses Flush?

If you can, please post some photos of your hen, from the front and a couple of profile photos too. If you have poop photos, that would be good too.
Is her crop hanging down a lot?

I'll tag in @azygous too. This has been going on for a while right? Please list the treatments you've tried for this one hen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-lots-of-liquid-meds.1686245/#post-29084306

 

[azygous]

People assume that once a crop disorder is treated, they're good to go. Many times the yeast is growing all the way through the digestive tract and more treatment is required.

In addition to that, crop disorders most often have an underlying cause, and if that isn't also treated (if possible), the crop disorder will persist.

Have you wormed this chicken within the last six months? Whether you wormed or not, this could contribute to a crop disorder.

Over the last few weeks, I've been treating a hen of mine that had an infection and was on antibiotics, then developed a very persistent sour crop. It was so bad, I was resigned to losing her. What finally turned her around was a three-day Epsom salts flush. She is now beginning to eat again, and the prognosis looks good.

I would urge you to consult your vet about using this flush. If they can't help you with this, I can give you instructions so you can do it yourself.

 

[Ccort]

Very often a very slow crop is what causes a crop to turn sour.

The crop is just the first step of the digestive system. It's like a holding tank for food/water to be stored and processed. There could be a partial blockage anywhere in the digestive system.

Being on 6 courses of Nystatin is quite a lot. Have you tried an Epsom Salt or Molasses Flush?

If you can, please post some photos of your hen, from the front and a couple of profile photos too. If you have poop photos, that would be good too.
Is her crop hanging down a lot?

I'll tag in @azygous too. This has been going on for a while right? Please list the treatments you've tried for this one hen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ng-lots-of-liquid-meds.1686245/#post-29084306
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Not six courses of Nystatin, but six doses. This morning the crop felt empty of fluid/food BUT could feel a small mass. I honestly think even after surgery, some of the balled of straw was left behind. Would this ever even break up or would she need surgery again?

I haven't done epsom. She looks great otherwise. I had initially had her on Nystatin but when the vet did surgery she said to stop the Nystatin. At the time of surgery, no yeast was seen ...the yeast was seen about a week after surgery.

She was checked for worms and none present plus was given dewormer as. A preventative about three months or so ago.

@Wyorp Rock
@azygous